(meteorobs) Mojave CA Question

[David Stine]

Of course no scope needed for Leonids just your eyes.  Also Comet Holmes
high in the Northeast in Perseus near the bright star Mirfak.  

David Stine
dstine at exposquare.com-----Original Message-----
From: meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org
[mailto:meteorobs-bounces at meteorobs.org] On Behalf Of Bruce McCurdy
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 1:35 PM
To: Global Meteor Observing Forum
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) Mojave CA Question

> I have been a reader/ member of meteorobs for many years, but rarely 
> submit
> anything.  I hope I'm doing this correctly!  I am going to Mojave CA 
> desert
> Saturday and Sunday night. I'm going to take my telescope (Meade NGC/
NG
> Series, which I'm just learning to use).  Are there any suggestions on

> thnigs to
> look for in the night sky?  Both with naked eye, and with  telescope?
I'm 
> a
> total rookie, so keep it "simple" if you can! LOL!

    Hi Laurie. For observations of interest to the naked eye the answer
is 
obvious: the Leonids! I refer you to Joe Rao's excellent article on 
space.com:

http://www.space.com/spacewatch/071116-ns-leonid-preview.html

    Objects of telescopic interest and such are generally beyond the
purview 
of this list. However, may I suggest you download the latest issue from 
skymaps.com which includes a star chart, sky calendar and a list of 
accessible celestial objects. The northern hemisphere version is
available 
here:

http://skymaps.com/skymaps/tesmn0711.pdf

    Hope this helps!

    Bruce
    ***** 

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